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No. 752,185. 'PATENTED FEB. 16, 1904.

E. L. SIBLEY.

PAPER CLIP.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 13, 1903.

F0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

PAPER-CIQIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,185, dated February16, 1904. i

- Application filed April 13, 1903. Serial No. 152,377. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. SIBLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bennington in the county of Bennington and State of Vermont,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper-Clips, ofwhich the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that class of spring devices used fortemporarily connecting sheets of paper, fabric, and other objects andvariously known as paper-clips or paper-fasteners.

The object of the invention is the production of an efiicient metalpaper-clip without waste of metal or with a small waste.

The invention consists of a many-armed metal piece bent upon itself tobring its arms in opposition and whereby the elasticity of the metal isutilized to grip between the arms the object or objects to which theclip is applied, the arms being offset from a transverse connectingmember, all as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth andclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a planview showing one method of forming the blanks without Waste. Fig. 2 is aplan view of one of the blanks of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a perspectiveview of the finished clip formed from the blank of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is aplan view illustrating another method of forming the blanks withoutwaste. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the finished clip formed from the blank of Fig. 5.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3 and also to Figs. 4: to 6, it will be seenthat the devices are blanked out of a strip of metal, as shown in Figs.1 and 4:, without waste, alternate blanks being shown in black and whitethe more clearly to indicate the lines of out. Spring metal, such asbrass, is preferably used. In these forms four arms are used, and inFigs. 1 to 3 the arms 1 and 2 are ofiset from atransverse connectingmember 3, which extends obliquely of the arms, while in Figs. 4 to 6 thearms 4 and 5 are olfset from a transverse connecting member 6, whichextends at right angles to the arms. The blank, Fig. 2, has its arms 1bent over upon the arms 2, so that their ends lap over upon them, andthis is possible by reason of the obliquity of the connecting member 3.The arms 2 therefore form a base against which the arms 1 may I grip anobject. The blank of Fig. 5 hasits arms 4 bent over arms 5, but becausethe connecting member 6 is at right angles to the arms the arms willalternate, and while parallel or in opposition they are not superposed,as in Fig. 3. If the blank of Fig. 5 be folded on a line runningobliquely across the connecting member 6, then the clip will haveoverlapping arms, as in Fig. 3. In all of the forms of clip the foldingis such as to leave more or less of a loop adjacentthe connectingmember, and the arms shown uppermost in Figs. 3 and 6 are bent towardthe arms shown beneath in said views, so that the clips may have thenecessary resilience and gripping power, and the ends of the uppermostarms are reversely curved, so as to facilitate theapplication of theclips to an object. A characteristic of all of these forms of clips isthat their arms are parallel, or substantially so, in the plane wherethe actual gripping is effected.

While I have particularlyshown and described these various embodimentsof my invention, I wish it to be understood that it is susceptible ofother variations.

What I claim is 1. A paper-clip, composed of arms and a transverseconnecting member arranged 0bliquely with relation to said arms.

2. A paper-clip, having offset arms and a transverse connecting member.

3. A paper-clip, having offset arms and a transverse connecting memberarranged obliquely to said arms.

4. A paper-clip, having ofl'set arms anda transverse connecting memberarranged obliquely to said arms, said arms folded over and in contact attheir gripping plane.

5. A paper-clip, composed of a piece of metal folded upon itself, andhaving a number of arms arranged to come in opposition and In testimonyWhereof Ihave hereunto set my (gfl SQDfEOID and connected by atransgersemenghand this 11th day of April, A. D. 1903.

er to orm a spring, to grasp an o ject or o jects placed between saidarms. EDWARD SIBLEY' 5 6. A paper-clip, having oflset arms and aWitnesses:

transverse connecting member, the arms be- RICHARD F. RAWSON, ing foldedover and overlapping. BENJAMIN N. ESTABROOK.

